How to setup outbound integration connection with a plain based token authentication?

[User205031]

Hi All,

I am currently working on an outbound integration and trying to set up a connection. I have received a Token and it is a plain based token authentication not OAuth/OIDC based authentication. I have created credentials/connections and also REST messages with HTTP header as Authentication - Token <token value>.

But when I am testing it, I am not able to connect with the third party. It is giving me an error - Authentication credentials not provided.

When I tried to test the connection with Postman, it is working fine.

Need help to fix the connection issue.

Thanks!

[Roshnee Dash]

Hi @User205031 ,

1. Can you please tell your syntax that how you had configured?
   
   
2. You need to check what the third party expects - 
   • What exact header name does your API expect for the token?
     → Common variants: Authorization, Authentication, X-Auth-Token, X-API-Token, api-key.
   • If Authorization, what scheme is required?
     → e.g., Authorization: Bearer <token> vs Authorization: Token <token> vs Authorization: ApiKey <token>.
   • Is the header case-sensitive or the scheme keyword case-sensitive?

[User205031]

Hi @Roshnee Dash ,

I have used :  Authorization: Token <token>

With postman, the connection is working fine

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@User205031 

share some screenshots.

[User205031]

Hi @Ankur Bawiskar ,

1. First I have set up a Credential with API key (I have stored the token value I have received from client)

2. I have created a Connection Alias:

3. Next is the HTTP Connection:

4. Created a REST Message with HTTP Method:

When I tried to test a connection, getting this error:

There is Authentication credential issue. 

Not able to fix this.